DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR FEMUR. ...

Description

DUCK-BILLED DINOSAUR FEMURFamily: Hadrosauridae
Cretaceous
Judith River Formation, Montana
This large and hefty leg bone comes from one of the unusual-looking
duck-billed Hadrosauridae. The many genera of this
herbivorous family, including the 4-ton Edmontosaurus and the
distinctive Parasaurolophus, ranged widely in herds over North
America at the tail-end of the Cretaceous period, 65 million years
ago. This specimen was taken from the Judith Formation, a lag
deposit of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone which has yielded the
remains of numerous dinosaurs, amphibians, fish and reptiles. It is
an historically important site, much studied by early American
paleontologists in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The
present example displays little water abrasion and has been
painstakingly reconstructed; some of the surface areas have been
restored. It boasts good bone texture and patination, with two fine
large knuckles. Presented upright in its correct orientation on a
metal display stand, and measures 34½ inches in length.

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500.

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